Mmm, donuts......

[o.versteer]

I'm sorry ossifer. It was dark. It was raining. It was an empty lakeside car park on an early Sunday evening. The walkers had all gone home and the doggers had not yet turned up.

So....

I turned off the T/C, put it in first, floored it, and did my first ever proper donut. Wahey! Finished off nicely by powering sideways out of it, leaving a pungent whiff of smoked P-Zero and combusted Tesco 99 in my movie soundtrack V8 wake. Just call me Kowalski.

I then proceeded to drive like a granny all the way home, feeling slightly Burberry, expecting Plod to pounce on me at any moment. They didn't. I've probably been caught on CCTV and will receive a NIP in the post though. Oh well. It was fun. What a car eh!

[rich 36]

Did you bounce front wheels into discarded Bread baskets from back of Tesco'
first for added frivolity?

[NAH]

Sir, you are a hooligan

[SS HSV]

I was actually wondering about the legality of such a thing. I am always on the lookout for somewhere large and open where you can throw your new car about in the wet and see how it behaves. Many years ago I used to use the car park at Western International Market (Heathrow) but they now have security guards.

As long as no one was using a car park, and providing that no one else was parked there and no damage was done, what could the police posssibly say? You are, after all, just 'learning' your cars habits and trying to improve you driver skills.

[stigcv8]

private car parks are fairly safe, such as the large one at didcot railway station

[mackie1]

Quiet days at the Hatfield Galleria are good too. There's a big area that's often completely empty with nothing to hit.

Other people obviously have the same idea as there's plenty of layed down rubber!

[Demolition Man]

It's all to do with public places..... although these car parks are 'privately owned'.... the public has unrestricted access to them, so under the Road Traffic Act, they are classed as public roads.

i.e. you can get done for driving with excess alcohol in a pub car park..... Also, I guess you could be done for driving without due care doing doughnuts in a railway car park for instance. Also, the police might have a case for nuisance/public order action.

Blame the Saxo lads in your PC World car park; burning rubber and pumping out the garage/rap tunes for this......

Saying no member of the public was around is also no defence.... If the police catch you... the policeman was there... he's also a member of the public - oops

Spoil sports....but there you go. The people living next to these car parks have a right to a quiet life I suppose.

Enter Drift Training sticky thread........

[merge]

Try silverstone, the carpark on the left by the main entrance is best. But you'd probaly need to put a Super 7 sticker on it somewhere as Caterham run several cars around cones there most days!! worth a look I'm sure a fiver to the doorman would get you some circle time without any chance of the roozers getting a christmas bonus from you.